Yesaya 49:7

49:7 This is what the Lord,

the protector ¹  of Israel, their Holy One, ²  says

to the one who is despised ³  and rejected ⁴  by nations, ⁵ 

a servant of rulers:

“Kings will see and rise in respect, ⁶ 

princes will bow down,

because of the faithful Lord,

the Holy One of Israel who has chosen you.”

Yesaya 55:5

55:5 Look, you will summon nations ⁷  you did not previously know;

nations ⁸  that did not previously know you will run to you,

because of the Lord your God,

the Holy One of Israel, ⁹ 

for he bestows honor on you.

Yesaya 60:9

60:9 Indeed, the coastlands ¹⁰  look eagerly for me,

the large ships ¹¹  are in the lead,

bringing your sons from far away,

along with their silver and gold,

to honor the Lord your God, ¹² 

the Holy One of Israel, ¹³  for he has bestowed honor on you.

[49:7]  ¹ tn Heb “redeemer.” See the note at 41:14.

[49:7]  ² sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.

[49:7]  ³ tc The Hebrew text reads literally “to [one who] despises life.” It is preferable to read with the Qumran scroll 1QIsa^a לבזוי, which should be vocalized as a passive participle, לִבְזוּי (livzuy, “to the one despised with respect to life” [נֶפֶשׁ is a genitive of specification]). The consonantal sequence וי was probably misread as ה in the MT tradition. The contextual argument favors the 1QIsa^a reading. As J. N. Oswalt (Isaiah [NICOT], 2:294) points out, the three terse phrases “convey a picture of lowliness, worthlessness, and helplessness.”

[49:7]  ⁴ tn MT’s Piel participle (“to the one who rejects”) does not fit contextually. The form should be revocalized as a Pual, “to the one rejected.”

[49:7]  ⁵ tn Parallelism (see “rulers,” “kings,” “princes”) suggests that the singular גּוֹי (goy) be emended to a plural or understood in a collective sense (see 55:5).

[49:7]  ⁶ tn For this sense of קוּם (qum), see Gen 19:1; 23:7; 33:10; Lev 19:32; 1 Sam 20:41; 25:41; 1 Kgs 2:19; Job 29:8.

[55:5]  ⁷ tn Heb “a nation,” but the singular is collective here, as the plural verbs in the next line indicate (note that both “know” and “run” are third plural forms).

[55:5]  ⁸ tn Heb “a nation,” but the singular is collective here, as the plural verbs that follow indicate.

[55:5]  ⁹ sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.

[60:9]  ¹⁰ tn Or “islands” (NIV); CEV “distant islands”; TEV “distant lands.”

[60:9]  ¹¹ tn Heb “the ships of Tarshish.” See the note at 2:16.

[60:9]  ¹² tn Heb “to the name of the Lord your God.”

[60:9]  ¹³ sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.